Microfluidics and Nanotechnology

5 Technologies for Low-Cost, Hall Effect–Based Magnetic Immunosensors

Simone Gambini, Karl Skucha, Jungkyu Kim and Bernhard E. Boser

CONTENTS

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Assay Protocols and Microfluidic and Packaging Technologies for Magnetic Assays Using Micron-Sized Labels

5.2.1 Surface Chemistry for Immobilizing an Antibody

5.2.2 Microfluidic Integration and Assay Automation

5.2.3 Large Label Effects

5.3 Integrated Detection for Magnetic Immunoassays

5.3.1 State-of-the-Art Methods and Limitations

5.3.2 Design of Hall Effect–Based Detectors

5.4 Sensor Design and Optimization

5.5 Magnetization-Based Hall Effect Detection

5.6 Detectors Based on Magnetic Relaxation

5.7 Conclusions and Future Outlook

References

5.1 Introduction

Technologies for the ...